The Settlers (2023)

Original title

Los colonos

Directed by

Felipe Gálvez Haberle

Genre

drama film, Western film, crime film, historical film

Country

Taiwan, Argentina, Chile, United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 154 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In early 20th century Chile, a group of hired guns are sent to patrol and claim land for a wealthy landowner. The film follows their violent mission across the Patagonian landscape.

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What happens

The Settlers (Spanish: Los colonos) is a 2023 revisionist Western drama film directed by Felipe Gálvez Haberle (in his directorial debut), who co-wrote the script with Antonia Girardi in collaboration with Mariano Llinás. The film stars Mark Stanley, Camilo Arancibia, Benjamin Westfall, Alfredo Castro, Mishell Guaña, Sam Spruell, Marcelo Alonso, and Adriana Stuven. It is a co-production between Chile, Argentina, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, France, Denmark, Sweden, and Germany. The Settlers had its world premiere at the Un Certain Regard section of the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2023, where it competed for the Caméra d'Or and was honored with the FIPRESCI Prize, becoming the first Chilean production to win that award. It was selected as the Chilean entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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